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Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2023

Conflict of Laws

The thirty-seventh annual survey on choice of law in the American courts is now available on SSRN. Choice of Law The Eighth Circuit applied Mexican law to a suit against General Motors over a car crash in Mexico, while an Ohio state court applied South African law to invalidate a marriage. In Yegiazaryan v. In Abitron Austria GmbH v.

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The long conference’s relists

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court has returned from its summer break and gotten down to business. The court agreed to review a dozen petitions from that conference. Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. Some things are happily left out of the courts.

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Trump’s steel tariffs, UNC affirmative action, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, challenges to President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on Turkish steel, the University of North Carolina’s use of race in admissions, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. University of North Carolina.

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An appellate court’s claimed “defiance” in a death-penalty case

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. This Friday, the Supreme Court will be considering 196 petitions and applications at its conference. This Friday, the Supreme Court will be considering 196 petitions and applications at its conference.

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This week’s relists: preemption of consumer protection laws, bankruptcy claims, COVID mandates and. Chevron deference again?

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Respondents William Kivett and Bernard and Lisa Bravo filed a class action (which the district court later certified) against mortgage lender Flagstar for not paying interest on their escrow accounts.

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More on the Validity of the PDVSA 2020 Bonds

Conflict of Laws

Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, and Mitu Gulati, the Perre Bowen Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Will that court’s decision offer clarity? The decision by the New York Court of Appeals might provide some clarity on it. Stockton, Jr.